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The New Face of Development: The Bottom of the Pyramid Entrepreneurs (2012)
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Dolan, C. (2012). The New Face of Development: The Bottom of the Pyramid Entrepreneurs. Anthropology Today, 28(4), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8322.2012.00883.x

In recent years, ‘bottom of the pyramid’ (BoP) initiatives – from Grameen Phone Ladies and Solar Sister, to Women First and Living Goods – have captured increasing attention, not only in corporate boardrooms where the desire for untapped revenue stre... Read More about The New Face of Development: The Bottom of the Pyramid Entrepreneurs.

Video Exposé: Metafiction and Message in Nigerian Films (2012)
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McCain, C. (2012). Video Exposé: Metafiction and Message in Nigerian Films. Journal of African Cinemas, 4(1), 25-57. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac.4.1.25_1

In this article, I discuss how Nigerian film-makers respond to discourses surrounding film-making in Nigeria through using techniques of metafiction to theorize their roles as professionals and cultural mediators. Dividing my analysis into two sectio... Read More about Video Exposé: Metafiction and Message in Nigerian Films.

Prisons before modernity: Incarceration in the medieval Indo-Mediterranean (2012)
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Gould, R. R. (2012). Prisons before modernity: Incarceration in the medieval Indo-Mediterranean. Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean, 24(2), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2012.684759

Over the course of the sixth/twelfth century, a new literary genre entered the Eastern Islamic world: the Persian prison poem (ḥabsiyyāt). Far from being an isolated event, the prison poem was forged when punishment came to be reconfigured as incarce... Read More about Prisons before modernity: Incarceration in the medieval Indo-Mediterranean.

Not A Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico or Tobacco: Edmund Burke and the Vicissitudes of Colonial Capitalism (2012)
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Ince, O. U. (2012). Not A Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico or Tobacco: Edmund Burke and the Vicissitudes of Colonial Capitalism. Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association, 44(3), 340-372. https://doi.org/10.1057/pol.2012.7

This essay examines the tensions between liberalism and capitalism through an analysis of Edmund Burke's works on eighteenth-century liberal political economy and, specifically, the challenges posed by colonial capitalism. When criticizing the East I... Read More about Not A Partnership in Pepper, Coffee, Calico or Tobacco: Edmund Burke and the Vicissitudes of Colonial Capitalism.

What drives inequality and poverty in the EU? Exploring the impact of macroeconomic and institutional factors (2012)
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Dafermos, Y., & Papatheodorou, C. (2013). What drives inequality and poverty in the EU? Exploring the impact of macroeconomic and institutional factors. International Review of Applied Economics, 27(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2012.696590

Employing panel data techniques, we investigate the macroeconomic and institutional determinants of inequality and poverty in the EU over the period 1994–2008. We pay particular attention to the effects of macroeconomic environment, social protection... Read More about What drives inequality and poverty in the EU? Exploring the impact of macroeconomic and institutional factors.

Collaborative management of regional air transport during natural disasters: Case of the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami (2012)
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Minato, N., & Morimoto, R. (2012). Collaborative management of regional air transport during natural disasters: Case of the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 4, 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2012.06.008

This paper aims at examining the role of regional air transport after a catastrophe and proposing a management framework to cope with a sudden and drastic increase in air traffic after the catastrophe. We discuss collaborative management by regional... Read More about Collaborative management of regional air transport during natural disasters: Case of the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami.

‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes (2012)
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Raman, R. (2012). ‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 5(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rss003

Migration begets migration in a constant flow of currents and eddies with people moving in to fill the niches vacated by emigrants thus blurring boundaries and spaces. This paper explores the nested complexities of the migration processes between Ind... Read More about ‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes.

The U.S. Military and American Commitment to Taiwan’s Security (2012)
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Tsang, S. (2012). The U.S. Military and American Commitment to Taiwan’s Security. Asian Survey, 52(4), 777-797. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2012.52.4.777

This article focuses on how the U.S. military assesses the threat of a Taiwan Strait crisis over the next two decades, America’s possible responses, and the U.S. capacity for effective intervention. It examines the drivers behind the U.S. approach, h... Read More about The U.S. Military and American Commitment to Taiwan’s Security.

Deconstructing myth: 'low-carbon sustainability' (2012)
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Haigh, M. (2012). Deconstructing myth: 'low-carbon sustainability'. Social Semiotics, 23(2), 47-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2012.693296

Informed by a semiotics that directs attention to the context of the message, this paper contributes to work on the meanings of terms such as ‘low-carbon’, ‘green’, and ‘sustainability’. Interview-based evidence and printed material are used to asses... Read More about Deconstructing myth: 'low-carbon sustainability'.

Working poor, labour market and social protection in the EU: A comparative perspective (2012)
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Dafermos, Y., & Papatheodorou, C. (2012). Working poor, labour market and social protection in the EU: A comparative perspective. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 6(1-2), 71-88. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMCP.2012.047208

his paper offers some crucial insights into the incidence and determinants of in-work poverty in the EU. It shows that in-work poverty plays a principal role in the determination of overall poverty, and it explores the impact of the social protection... Read More about Working poor, labour market and social protection in the EU: A comparative perspective.

Reading Nepali Maoist Memoirs (2012)
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Hutt, M. (2012). Reading Nepali Maoist Memoirs. Studies in Nepali history and society, 17(1), 107-142

A study of the Maoist memoir as a new literary genre in Nepali, focusing on five examples published since 2009.

Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa (2012)
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Kniveton, D., Smith, C., & Black, R. (2012). Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa. Nature Climate Change, 2(6), 444-447. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1447

Fears of the movement of large numbers of people as a result of changes in the environment were first voiced in the 1980s (ref. 1). Nearly thirty years later the numbers likely to migrate as a result of the impacts of climate change are still, at bes... Read More about Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa.